Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 28.7 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 28.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

28.7 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 28.7 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 48.440142898762 ft/s

The final result is:

28.7 kt → 48.440142898762 ft/s

We conclude that 28.7 knots is equivalent to 48.440142898762 feet per second:

28.7 knots = 48.440142898762 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.020644034888377 × 28.7 knots.

Another way is saying that 28.7 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.020644034888377 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-eight point seven knots is approximately forty-eight point four four feet per second:

28.7 kt ≅ 48.44 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero two one times twenty-eight point seven knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second